Yes, many prints of 35mm film are made for every release.
Many theaters have not upgraded to digital projectors, they cost big bucks (for the kind that can project an imagine to a theater sized screen).
Also, backups are often done to 35mm film, since it is pretty well known how long it will last and how to store it, so even digitally produced movies often have a dozen or more 35mm prints made for salt mine storage.
Yea, I have to say that I used to be against some of the government laws as well, but you and others make a good point...
The air IS cleaner and honestly I don't think that would have happened without the Clean Air Act (and others). Companies just didn't have any reason to spend money to fix the problem.
I have spouted off against solar and wind many times, and while I still don't think they are the solution to our core energy needs, I now get that we need to get off coal, oil, and natural gas.
It just won't be easy. I do still think nuclear is the answer, but I know many disagree with me.
Is there actually any law saying they can't run the car in a special 'test mode' when being tested? Or is this just Greenie butthurt feelbads?
Yes, since the 1970s the EPA has required car companies to not use the rules in such a way as to design a car that passes tests in the lab, but not the real world.
In other words, the EPA has said, "car companies, you may not game the system to defeat the point of the system, you are experts and you know better".
Yes, but Prima Cinema is a very narrow market, but one that does exist.
That being said, you can also get the actual film reels if you have that much money, you just have to ask.
I saw Far and Away in a private home theater about 2 weeks before it hit the cinema back in 1992 at a private home theater. Complete with a 35mm projector operator and a food and beverage server.
People with that kind of money can get that, Prima Cinema is actually a step or two below it, for the "almost wealthy".
Lots of people have "media rooms", far fewer have a real home theater...
As in, a real theater with a real movie projector that shows what the cinemas show, a THX certified sound system, and a high end screen...
You know you're in the right house when there are two employees in the home theater, one to operate the projector and one to provide food and beverage service. At that point the cost for the movie is trivial...
Likewise... While two people could lift one of our cans while full, it would be a heck of a task, they are 52 or 56 gallon cans that are heavy as heck when full of trash...
The robot truck picks them up like they are toys however.
I pay $26 a month for once weekly trash pickup, and it is done via machine truck with only a driver using those standard large cans.
That $26 also covers yard debris removal and once a month bulk collection removal. It also includes every other week recycling removal.
I honestly can't complain... For $300 a year, an incredible amount of waste, both trash and recycle materials, is removed from my home with the only effort on my part to put it in the back drive way either in one of the large bins, or on the ground near one...
I could be mistaken, but that strikes me as a bargain...
If you had paid cash you would have paid a lower price. That's how "free" finance works.
Not always... The 0% was from GM, they offered a $500 cash rebate at the time, or the 0% for 5 years...
Given the savings in interest, the 0% was by far the better choice, in 1 year I've already made more than $500 on my money, so the rest is just gravy now.
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Of course sometimes the reverse is true, if your choices were 1.9% for 36 months or a $1,500 cash rebate, usually the cash rebate makes more sense depending on the price of the car and what you can get your own financing for.
You just have to take the deal that works best for you.
Nowadays, not really. Free financing is typically offered by the manufacturer, not the dealer. The dealership doesn't care one way or the other as for them the money they get from the sale is the same. Many manufacturers do offer a cash incentive to keep you from taking advantage of the free loan, but at the same time, many don't. And those that do don't offer enough off to offset how much you can make on that loan if you invest it well.
Exactly...
At the time I purchased my truck, it was 0% financing for 60 months or $500 cash back. Since my truck was $73,000, I'll let you do the math on what the better deal was.:)
The Concorde's engines are probably unique to it, though, due to the plane's unusual requirements.
Not "probably", totally...
The airplane, engine, and system combintion is one unit, none of it can be split up and done as parts.
For example, in supersonic flight, more than 50% of the thrust of the engines is actually produced by the inlet box on the front of the engine. The turbine engine core is only 9% of the total in flight supersonic thrust.
That is how it flies Mach 2 without afterburners for 3 hours. It gulps fuel like a drunk sailor at subsonic flight speeds, but is amazingly fuel efficient at Mach 2.
While that is true, it also didn't take 13 hours to fly from NY to Paris in a 747...
Concorde was about the cost of first class on a 747, but not nearly as comfortable...
In the end, it simply didn't make sense keeping a dozen airplanes of a very old type flying. Airbus made the decision to stop supporting it, and that was that.
A modern "look-a-like" sounds nice, but it wouldn't be able to go super sonic, thus what would be the point?
It should not be underestimated what it takes to make a plane the size of Concorde go Mach 2 for 3 hours at a time, reliability, day after day with paying customers on board.
At this point, you need to develop a whole new airplane, and that will be expensive beyond belief.
An AR/AK may well go through your house, your neighbors house, and into a third house next to it, depending on the type of round you use.
At short range, bird shot will go through dry wall, but not a lot beyond that. Beyond a dozen or two meters, it may not even be lethal to a human wearing a heavy winter coat (assuming you miss his head). It would suck and hurt, but not nearly to the extent a real bullet would.
A.45 can easily go out of your home and into the next door neighbors house.
The problem with the idea of "better educated" is that if everyone has a college degree, then it becomes worthless.
There was a time when a high school diploma meant something, you actually stood out if you had one. Today is it required for a job at McDonalds (or a GED), it means nothing.
Lots of people aren't cut out for college, and we sure don't need 50 million new engineers.
The reality is that people are become somewhat obsolete in the labor force, this will only increase as general purpose robots come into play.
Take a look at Baxter, for an example of what a general purpose robot can do. It is similar to personal computers in 1981, it is the beginning, not the end, of the future to come.
I'm warming to the idea of a basic income today...
We are a very wealthy nation, we can afford to engage in wars all over the world, we can afford a military second to none, yet somehow we can't afford to feed and house our own people?
That strikes me as morally wrong somehow.
Remove and repeal all welfare and unemployment, all food stamps, etc. Replace with a basic living wage that provides basic food and basic housing for all regardless of income.
Then move to a flat tax with no exemptions, tax at dollar one.
It is an interesting model worth considering at least.
No, the past 100 years is not at all the same as the past 8,000. The trends in the past 100 years, the past 50 years, and even the past 20, show something new.
We are developing technology that makes humans redundant.
You assume that we will always find new things for humans to do, you consider that a firm fact. Stop for a second and ask yourself... What if your wrong and we don't?
When 3 million drivers lose their jobs to computers, when 3 million fast food workers lose their jobs to robots, and so on.
You think we have been here before. But we haven't, this time is different because the computers are finally starting to get smart enough to replace humans in jobs that requires thinking.
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That is the problem with greed, some people don't know when enough is enough...
Lets say the founders had only 10% share of the company (after investors) when Google made that offer.
That works out to $600 million each.
But no, we're going to reject that because we're holding out for the billions and billions...
If I could cash out my business for $600 million (or heck, $60 million), I'd retire tomorrow and make spending time with my family my new "job".
I'd get a reasonable house out in the country, raise my kids, and enjoy life while I can.
Lord, what happens to people that cause them to turn that down?
Yes, many prints of 35mm film are made for every release.
Many theaters have not upgraded to digital projectors, they cost big bucks (for the kind that can project an imagine to a theater sized screen).
Also, backups are often done to 35mm film, since it is pretty well known how long it will last and how to store it, so even digitally produced movies often have a dozen or more 35mm prints made for salt mine storage.
Yea, I have to say that I used to be against some of the government laws as well, but you and others make a good point...
The air IS cleaner and honestly I don't think that would have happened without the Clean Air Act (and others). Companies just didn't have any reason to spend money to fix the problem.
I have spouted off against solar and wind many times, and while I still don't think they are the solution to our core energy needs, I now get that we need to get off coal, oil, and natural gas.
It just won't be easy. I do still think nuclear is the answer, but I know many disagree with me.
Is there actually any law saying they can't run the car in a special 'test mode' when being tested? Or is this just Greenie butthurt feelbads?
Yes, since the 1970s the EPA has required car companies to not use the rules in such a way as to design a car that passes tests in the lab, but not the real world.
In other words, the EPA has said, "car companies, you may not game the system to defeat the point of the system, you are experts and you know better".
1. You can cancel extended warranties in the US on cars and get a refund (or partial refund, depending on when you do it).
2. This is what tort law is for, use it.
The Ampex VR-6275, available in 1967 for $1495, was a 1 inch color video open reel recorder. Not skip-frame.
That works out to $10,667.14 in 2015 dollars.
I remember how expensive VCRs were, even in the 80s. We had 1, but lord was it pricey! And I wasn't allowed to touch it!
Everything has gotten a lot cheaper, all things considered...
I recently purchased an el-cheapo TV... Polaroid (who knew they made TVs!)...
4k resolution, 55" screen size... $399 delivered to my door...
It isn't the best TV in the world, but that is a heck of a deal... (Thanks Nebraska Furniture Mart!)
Yes, but Prima Cinema is a very narrow market, but one that does exist.
That being said, you can also get the actual film reels if you have that much money, you just have to ask.
I saw Far and Away in a private home theater about 2 weeks before it hit the cinema back in 1992 at a private home theater. Complete with a 35mm projector operator and a food and beverage server.
People with that kind of money can get that, Prima Cinema is actually a step or two below it, for the "almost wealthy".
Thank you, you get it...
Lots of people have "media rooms", far fewer have a real home theater...
As in, a real theater with a real movie projector that shows what the cinemas show, a THX certified sound system, and a high end screen...
You know you're in the right house when there are two employees in the home theater, one to operate the projector and one to provide food and beverage service. At that point the cost for the movie is trivial...
Likewise... While two people could lift one of our cans while full, it would be a heck of a task, they are 52 or 56 gallon cans that are heavy as heck when full of trash...
The robot truck picks them up like they are toys however.
I pay $26 a month for once weekly trash pickup, and it is done via machine truck with only a driver using those standard large cans.
That $26 also covers yard debris removal and once a month bulk collection removal. It also includes every other week recycling removal.
I honestly can't complain... For $300 a year, an incredible amount of waste, both trash and recycle materials, is removed from my home with the only effort on my part to put it in the back drive way either in one of the large bins, or on the ground near one...
I could be mistaken, but that strikes me as a bargain...
I'm sure it does sound like bulk scale... until you know the total size of the market...
In June 2015, the US generated 361,698 GW of electricity.
The total US pumped storage is equal to 0.0059% of 1 month of US power generation. That isn't even 1/100th of 1/100th of a percent.
It is not "bulk", it isn't even a rounding error, it is random noise.
http://www.eia.gov/electricity...
If you had paid cash you would have paid a lower price. That's how "free" finance works.
Not always... The 0% was from GM, they offered a $500 cash rebate at the time, or the 0% for 5 years...
Given the savings in interest, the 0% was by far the better choice, in 1 year I've already made more than $500 on my money, so the rest is just gravy now.
---
Of course sometimes the reverse is true, if your choices were 1.9% for 36 months or a $1,500 cash rebate, usually the cash rebate makes more sense depending on the price of the car and what you can get your own financing for.
You just have to take the deal that works best for you.
Nowadays, not really. Free financing is typically offered by the manufacturer, not the dealer. The dealership doesn't care one way or the other as for them the money they get from the sale is the same. Many manufacturers do offer a cash incentive to keep you from taking advantage of the free loan, but at the same time, many don't. And those that do don't offer enough off to offset how much you can make on that loan if you invest it well.
Exactly...
At the time I purchased my truck, it was 0% financing for 60 months or $500 cash back. Since my truck was $73,000, I'll let you do the math on what the better deal was. :)
Don't be silly, finance is a great way to buy a new car...
So long as you have the cash to pay for it...
I bought my current truck for 0% interest for 5 years... I'll take the free money...
But the difference with most people is that I could write a check for the truck tomorrow if I needed to...
No, it isn't cheap, because at some point you're just hauling fuel to lift the fuel which you need to lift more fuel.
If the fuel wasn't so big and heavy, you wouldn't need so much of it.
Chemical reactions don't provide enough impulse per pound of weight to be useful for space travel.
You didn't bother to read what I wrote, or you simply didn't understand it...
The Concorde's engines are probably unique to it, though, due to the plane's unusual requirements.
Not "probably", totally...
The airplane, engine, and system combintion is one unit, none of it can be split up and done as parts.
For example, in supersonic flight, more than 50% of the thrust of the engines is actually produced by the inlet box on the front of the engine. The turbine engine core is only 9% of the total in flight supersonic thrust.
That is how it flies Mach 2 without afterburners for 3 hours. It gulps fuel like a drunk sailor at subsonic flight speeds, but is amazingly fuel efficient at Mach 2.
While that is true, it also didn't take 13 hours to fly from NY to Paris in a 747...
Concorde was about the cost of first class on a 747, but not nearly as comfortable...
In the end, it simply didn't make sense keeping a dozen airplanes of a very old type flying. Airbus made the decision to stop supporting it, and that was that.
A modern "look-a-like" sounds nice, but it wouldn't be able to go super sonic, thus what would be the point?
It should not be underestimated what it takes to make a plane the size of Concorde go Mach 2 for 3 hours at a time, reliability, day after day with paying customers on board.
At this point, you need to develop a whole new airplane, and that will be expensive beyond belief.
An AR/AK may well go through your house, your neighbors house, and into a third house next to it, depending on the type of round you use.
At short range, bird shot will go through dry wall, but not a lot beyond that. Beyond a dozen or two meters, it may not even be lethal to a human wearing a heavy winter coat (assuming you miss his head). It would suck and hurt, but not nearly to the extent a real bullet would.
A .45 can easily go out of your home and into the next door neighbors house.
The problem with the idea of "better educated" is that if everyone has a college degree, then it becomes worthless.
There was a time when a high school diploma meant something, you actually stood out if you had one. Today is it required for a job at McDonalds (or a GED), it means nothing.
Lots of people aren't cut out for college, and we sure don't need 50 million new engineers.
The reality is that people are become somewhat obsolete in the labor force, this will only increase as general purpose robots come into play.
Take a look at Baxter, for an example of what a general purpose robot can do. It is similar to personal computers in 1981, it is the beginning, not the end, of the future to come.
I'm warming to the idea of a basic income today...
We are a very wealthy nation, we can afford to engage in wars all over the world, we can afford a military second to none, yet somehow we can't afford to feed and house our own people?
That strikes me as morally wrong somehow.
Remove and repeal all welfare and unemployment, all food stamps, etc. Replace with a basic living wage that provides basic food and basic housing for all regardless of income.
Then move to a flat tax with no exemptions, tax at dollar one.
It is an interesting model worth considering at least.
There are more people as well, the percentage of employed is dropping and it isn't going to recover.
No, the past 100 years is not at all the same as the past 8,000. The trends in the past 100 years, the past 50 years, and even the past 20, show something new.
We are developing technology that makes humans redundant.
You assume that we will always find new things for humans to do, you consider that a firm fact. Stop for a second and ask yourself... What if your wrong and we don't?
When 3 million drivers lose their jobs to computers, when 3 million fast food workers lose their jobs to robots, and so on.
You think we have been here before. But we haven't, this time is different because the computers are finally starting to get smart enough to replace humans in jobs that requires thinking.